Guitar chord · Sevenths
C half-diminished 7th chord on guitar
x3434x · 3rd fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Cm7♭5 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Dark and unresolved; often the ii chord in a minor key.
Cm7♭5 is the viiø7 chord in D♭ major. In minor keys: iiø7 in B♭ minor.
- Notes
- CE♭G♭B♭
- Formula
- 1♭3♭5♭7
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · diminished 5th · minor 7th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · 3rd fret
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): 3rd fret, index finger (1) C
- 4th string (D): 4th fret, ring finger (3) G♭
- 3rd string (G): 3rd fret, middle finger (2) B♭
- 2nd string (B): 4th fret, pinky finger (4) E♭
- 1st string (high E): don’t play — mute it
Tablature
e|--x---| B|--4---| G|--3---| D|--4---| A|--3---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Cm7♭5 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing Cm7♭5 on guitar
On guitar, the usual Cm7♭5 shape is x3434x at the 3rd fret. It has no open strings, so it’s a movable shape — slide it along the neck for other half-diminished 7th chords. Don’t strum the low E and high E strings.
